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Blankets (Top Shelf; 582 pages) is an autobiographical novel about a sensitive, artistic, vegetarian, teenage boy who finds love with a sensitive, artistic, vegetarian, teenage girl. That is, it should be insufferable. Instead it is a rarity: a first-love story so well remembered and honest that it reminds you what falling in love feels like. The narrator, Craig Thompson, grows up in rural Wisconsin in a devout Christian family. Craig's childhood is one long bout of fear--of bullies, hell, the baby-sitter who molests him and his little brother--until, at a Christian winter camp, Craig meets...
...heartening to learn that there are diets that can lower your cholesterol nearly as effectively as medication. Writing in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers at the University of Toronto describe an experiment that compared three different regimens: a vegetarian diet low in saturated fats; the same diet supplemented with a statin drug (in this case, lovastatin); and a fiber-rich vegetarian diet consisting of foods chosen for their known cholesterol-lowering effects (such as oats, barley, soy protein and almonds) as well as a type of margarine enriched with plant sterols (cholesterol-lowering...
Some said slightly “pretentious” businesses seemed popular among students. Some said the area needed an eatery with more varied vegetarian options. Most agreed that the Square offered a dearth of dance space. Many, touting the student-run Quincy Grille as a successful on-campus venue, sought relaxed settings with long hours...
...Like a lot of Australians, visiting Noosa is a happy habit I formed as a teenage surfer?long before the town saw its first vegetarian caf? or yoga workshop. I would chase the waves north to the place where Pacific swells are transmuted into perfect point breaks along the many headlands and bays. Over the years, my occasional sojourns have become more frequent and are getting longer. To my mind, time spent in a beachfront apartment here should meet anybody?s definition of bliss...
...bestselling vegetarian bible, first published in 1972, was completely revised in 1992 and 2000 to incorporate a less dairy dependent vegetarian diet, Katzen writes in the introduction to the most recent edition. In addition to the encouraging tone of her easy-to-follow recipes, Katzen’s own path to the kitchen is useful for the novice chef to note...